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Man Shot, Killed On Bridgeport Street

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police are looking for suspects Tuesday morning, after a man was found shot to death in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

The 33-year-old man was shot in the back in the 3100 block of South Green Street, half a block west of Halsted Street, police said. He was discovered around 10:15 p.m.

The victim was standing on the street when a black minivan headed east on 31st Street from Poplar Avenue stopped, and an assailant with a handgun got out and started shooting, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.

The man was later identified as Jeremy Colanco, of an unidentified home address -- was dead on the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

The Chicago Tribune reported he was a gang member out on parole, and his real last name was "Colanto," but "Colanco" was an alias that he used.

As of Tuesday morning, no one was in custody.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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